Decrease Backlight Below Minimum





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I have this laptop that doesn't handle the backlight very well.



In /etc/default/grub, I have added a acpi_backlight=vendor function to get it to work at all. Which is cool, and the backlight now actually works, but the minimum backlight setting is still pretty high.



Is there any way to decrease the backlight below minimum? I don't mind having to type in the terminal to do that, as I won't need to do it often (just at night etc.)










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    I have this laptop that doesn't handle the backlight very well.



    In /etc/default/grub, I have added a acpi_backlight=vendor function to get it to work at all. Which is cool, and the backlight now actually works, but the minimum backlight setting is still pretty high.



    Is there any way to decrease the backlight below minimum? I don't mind having to type in the terminal to do that, as I won't need to do it often (just at night etc.)










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      I have this laptop that doesn't handle the backlight very well.



      In /etc/default/grub, I have added a acpi_backlight=vendor function to get it to work at all. Which is cool, and the backlight now actually works, but the minimum backlight setting is still pretty high.



      Is there any way to decrease the backlight below minimum? I don't mind having to type in the terminal to do that, as I won't need to do it often (just at night etc.)










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      I have this laptop that doesn't handle the backlight very well.



      In /etc/default/grub, I have added a acpi_backlight=vendor function to get it to work at all. Which is cool, and the backlight now actually works, but the minimum backlight setting is still pretty high.



      Is there any way to decrease the backlight below minimum? I don't mind having to type in the terminal to do that, as I won't need to do it often (just at night etc.)







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          1. Open Terminal



          2. Enter the following command:



            cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness


          3. Write down the resulting value (12421 in my case)


          4. Divide value by 6 and write it down (2070 in my case)



          5. Enter the following in the terminal, replacing 2070 with your value:



            sudo su -c "echo 2070 >/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness"


          6. Close Terminal


          7. For future usage of the last command, open Terminal, press Ctrl and R together, start typing brightness. When the last command appears, just press Enter.



          It works for me on a Samsung NC110 with Ubuntu 12.04.






          share|improve this answer


























          • Works for me in Ubuntu 12.04 on a Macbook Air (integrated Graphics only). However, pressing any brightness level button seems to reset this setting, i.e. pressing "brighter" does not increment from the brightness setting applied in the terminal, but from the "usual" minimum brightness that you achieve using the keyboard. Therefore increasing the brightness after applying this command results in a huge brightness increase.

            – king_julien
            Jul 28 '13 at 21:27








          • 1





            Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh. This setting resets itself automatically every few minutes. So you got to reapply it over and over. In it's current format this is not a practical solution :( Running it as a script periodically seems overkill though. I hope there's a better way...

            – king_julien
            Jul 28 '13 at 22:04













          • @king_julien, check my answer (askubuntu.com/a/394400), at the provided link I tell about some settings that may avoid resets. I'm not suffering any reset of this setting at my macbook pro. I suspect the reset has to do with the boot parameters. Since I've changed them, I'm not suffering a "reset" after unlocking the machine.

            – pepper_chico
            Dec 26 '13 at 16:55








          • 3





            Why divide by 6? On my machine I could reduce this value much more...

            – hoosierEE
            Feb 11 '14 at 17:46






          • 1





            sudo su -c "echo 2070 >/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness" is the key, the number can go as down as 0. I use 80 on pitch black rooms. On 14.04.

            – quimnuss
            Nov 25 '15 at 12:14





















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          None of the answers here worked for me (on a Dell Precision 5510). The output from cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness for me was 1 and setting it any lower completely turned the screen off.



          I finally found a solution from the answer here:



          xrandr --output eDP1 --brightness .3


          I was also able to get this to work on my external monitor (attached via a display port dock), and reduce it below the minimum brightness allowed by the hardware controls on the monitor:



          xrandr --output DP1-1 --brightness .6


          Note that your display might not be eDP1 (or DP1-1), but you can list all available displays by hitting tab twice after --output, or from xrandr -q which shows which ones are currently connected. Tweak the value for brightness, i.e., .4, .5, etc until you find a level that works for you.






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          • How do you make this change permanent?

            – Prakhar Agrawal
            Mar 27 '18 at 13:41



















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          Try to override the min brightness manually with




          1. sudo nano /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness


          2. Change the value in this file to 0 (clear and type 0 if value is already 0).


          3. Press Ctrl + X to exit.


          4. Press Y and Enter to save the file.



          This works for me. You can also try sudo sh -c 'echo 0 > /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness'



          I am still looking for a more robust approach. Any help is appreciated.






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          • 1





            It doesn't seem to recognise the folder/file. I'm on Ubuntu 11.10, if that makes any sense to you. Thanks for caring to answer, though.

            – Ruben Bakker
            Feb 20 '12 at 20:35






          • 2





            I tried doing suggested. However the brightness still remains the same. In my case it was already 0 . Although I cleared and reentered as suggested.

            – bubble
            Nov 22 '12 at 17:42











          • This file does not exists in 12.04.

            – king_julien
            Jul 28 '13 at 21:21











          • Different GPUs / hardware have it in different places

            – Suici Doga
            Jul 7 '16 at 6:34



















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          I'm not using Ubuntu but Debian, but sometimes (second screen plugin, gnome restart) the brightness drops to zero. So I've created an inotify enabled application (it consumes zero cputime while there is no change in brightness) and when there is the change and it is changed to zero (or lower some predefined level, which you can specify) it sets the brightness to some default level, which you can also specify.



          Please find it at my github page: https://github.com/nuccy/zero_brightness_fixer






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            This tool is a slider utility to set /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness:




            • https://github.com/oblitum/backlight


            Works for my intel based MacBook Pro.






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              Install xbacklight by typing the following in the terminal



              sudo apt-get install xbacklight


              then:



              xbacklight -percentage


              replace the word "percentage" with the number of your choice to decrease the backlight from 1 to 99. In contrast, you can also do:



              xbacklight +percentage 


              to increase the brightness by replacing the word "percentage" with a number between 1 and 100. For more information, run the following in the terminal:



              xbacklight -help


              I know that this is probably too late, but I hope it helps :)






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                This does not decrease the backlight below minimum. When I'm already an the minium and just step -1, the display shuts off.

                – king_julien
                Jul 28 '13 at 21:18



















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              This app works for me for decreasing brightness well beyond the usual https://github.com/lordamit/Brightness






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              • Looks interesting. Care to share your binary?

                – TenLeftFingers
                Dec 13 '15 at 23:52











              • @TenLeftFingers sorry, dont have that machine now.

                – user13107
                Dec 14 '15 at 9:58












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              1. Open Terminal



              2. Enter the following command:



                cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness


              3. Write down the resulting value (12421 in my case)


              4. Divide value by 6 and write it down (2070 in my case)



              5. Enter the following in the terminal, replacing 2070 with your value:



                sudo su -c "echo 2070 >/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness"


              6. Close Terminal


              7. For future usage of the last command, open Terminal, press Ctrl and R together, start typing brightness. When the last command appears, just press Enter.



              It works for me on a Samsung NC110 with Ubuntu 12.04.






              share|improve this answer


























              • Works for me in Ubuntu 12.04 on a Macbook Air (integrated Graphics only). However, pressing any brightness level button seems to reset this setting, i.e. pressing "brighter" does not increment from the brightness setting applied in the terminal, but from the "usual" minimum brightness that you achieve using the keyboard. Therefore increasing the brightness after applying this command results in a huge brightness increase.

                – king_julien
                Jul 28 '13 at 21:27








              • 1





                Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh. This setting resets itself automatically every few minutes. So you got to reapply it over and over. In it's current format this is not a practical solution :( Running it as a script periodically seems overkill though. I hope there's a better way...

                – king_julien
                Jul 28 '13 at 22:04













              • @king_julien, check my answer (askubuntu.com/a/394400), at the provided link I tell about some settings that may avoid resets. I'm not suffering any reset of this setting at my macbook pro. I suspect the reset has to do with the boot parameters. Since I've changed them, I'm not suffering a "reset" after unlocking the machine.

                – pepper_chico
                Dec 26 '13 at 16:55








              • 3





                Why divide by 6? On my machine I could reduce this value much more...

                – hoosierEE
                Feb 11 '14 at 17:46






              • 1





                sudo su -c "echo 2070 >/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness" is the key, the number can go as down as 0. I use 80 on pitch black rooms. On 14.04.

                – quimnuss
                Nov 25 '15 at 12:14


















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              1. Open Terminal



              2. Enter the following command:



                cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness


              3. Write down the resulting value (12421 in my case)


              4. Divide value by 6 and write it down (2070 in my case)



              5. Enter the following in the terminal, replacing 2070 with your value:



                sudo su -c "echo 2070 >/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness"


              6. Close Terminal


              7. For future usage of the last command, open Terminal, press Ctrl and R together, start typing brightness. When the last command appears, just press Enter.



              It works for me on a Samsung NC110 with Ubuntu 12.04.






              share|improve this answer


























              • Works for me in Ubuntu 12.04 on a Macbook Air (integrated Graphics only). However, pressing any brightness level button seems to reset this setting, i.e. pressing "brighter" does not increment from the brightness setting applied in the terminal, but from the "usual" minimum brightness that you achieve using the keyboard. Therefore increasing the brightness after applying this command results in a huge brightness increase.

                – king_julien
                Jul 28 '13 at 21:27








              • 1





                Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh. This setting resets itself automatically every few minutes. So you got to reapply it over and over. In it's current format this is not a practical solution :( Running it as a script periodically seems overkill though. I hope there's a better way...

                – king_julien
                Jul 28 '13 at 22:04













              • @king_julien, check my answer (askubuntu.com/a/394400), at the provided link I tell about some settings that may avoid resets. I'm not suffering any reset of this setting at my macbook pro. I suspect the reset has to do with the boot parameters. Since I've changed them, I'm not suffering a "reset" after unlocking the machine.

                – pepper_chico
                Dec 26 '13 at 16:55








              • 3





                Why divide by 6? On my machine I could reduce this value much more...

                – hoosierEE
                Feb 11 '14 at 17:46






              • 1





                sudo su -c "echo 2070 >/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness" is the key, the number can go as down as 0. I use 80 on pitch black rooms. On 14.04.

                – quimnuss
                Nov 25 '15 at 12:14
















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              1. Open Terminal



              2. Enter the following command:



                cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness


              3. Write down the resulting value (12421 in my case)


              4. Divide value by 6 and write it down (2070 in my case)



              5. Enter the following in the terminal, replacing 2070 with your value:



                sudo su -c "echo 2070 >/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness"


              6. Close Terminal


              7. For future usage of the last command, open Terminal, press Ctrl and R together, start typing brightness. When the last command appears, just press Enter.



              It works for me on a Samsung NC110 with Ubuntu 12.04.






              share|improve this answer
















              1. Open Terminal



              2. Enter the following command:



                cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness


              3. Write down the resulting value (12421 in my case)


              4. Divide value by 6 and write it down (2070 in my case)



              5. Enter the following in the terminal, replacing 2070 with your value:



                sudo su -c "echo 2070 >/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness"


              6. Close Terminal


              7. For future usage of the last command, open Terminal, press Ctrl and R together, start typing brightness. When the last command appears, just press Enter.



              It works for me on a Samsung NC110 with Ubuntu 12.04.







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              • Works for me in Ubuntu 12.04 on a Macbook Air (integrated Graphics only). However, pressing any brightness level button seems to reset this setting, i.e. pressing "brighter" does not increment from the brightness setting applied in the terminal, but from the "usual" minimum brightness that you achieve using the keyboard. Therefore increasing the brightness after applying this command results in a huge brightness increase.

                – king_julien
                Jul 28 '13 at 21:27








              • 1





                Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh. This setting resets itself automatically every few minutes. So you got to reapply it over and over. In it's current format this is not a practical solution :( Running it as a script periodically seems overkill though. I hope there's a better way...

                – king_julien
                Jul 28 '13 at 22:04













              • @king_julien, check my answer (askubuntu.com/a/394400), at the provided link I tell about some settings that may avoid resets. I'm not suffering any reset of this setting at my macbook pro. I suspect the reset has to do with the boot parameters. Since I've changed them, I'm not suffering a "reset" after unlocking the machine.

                – pepper_chico
                Dec 26 '13 at 16:55








              • 3





                Why divide by 6? On my machine I could reduce this value much more...

                – hoosierEE
                Feb 11 '14 at 17:46






              • 1





                sudo su -c "echo 2070 >/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness" is the key, the number can go as down as 0. I use 80 on pitch black rooms. On 14.04.

                – quimnuss
                Nov 25 '15 at 12:14





















              • Works for me in Ubuntu 12.04 on a Macbook Air (integrated Graphics only). However, pressing any brightness level button seems to reset this setting, i.e. pressing "brighter" does not increment from the brightness setting applied in the terminal, but from the "usual" minimum brightness that you achieve using the keyboard. Therefore increasing the brightness after applying this command results in a huge brightness increase.

                – king_julien
                Jul 28 '13 at 21:27








              • 1





                Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh. This setting resets itself automatically every few minutes. So you got to reapply it over and over. In it's current format this is not a practical solution :( Running it as a script periodically seems overkill though. I hope there's a better way...

                – king_julien
                Jul 28 '13 at 22:04













              • @king_julien, check my answer (askubuntu.com/a/394400), at the provided link I tell about some settings that may avoid resets. I'm not suffering any reset of this setting at my macbook pro. I suspect the reset has to do with the boot parameters. Since I've changed them, I'm not suffering a "reset" after unlocking the machine.

                – pepper_chico
                Dec 26 '13 at 16:55








              • 3





                Why divide by 6? On my machine I could reduce this value much more...

                – hoosierEE
                Feb 11 '14 at 17:46






              • 1





                sudo su -c "echo 2070 >/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness" is the key, the number can go as down as 0. I use 80 on pitch black rooms. On 14.04.

                – quimnuss
                Nov 25 '15 at 12:14



















              Works for me in Ubuntu 12.04 on a Macbook Air (integrated Graphics only). However, pressing any brightness level button seems to reset this setting, i.e. pressing "brighter" does not increment from the brightness setting applied in the terminal, but from the "usual" minimum brightness that you achieve using the keyboard. Therefore increasing the brightness after applying this command results in a huge brightness increase.

              – king_julien
              Jul 28 '13 at 21:27







              Works for me in Ubuntu 12.04 on a Macbook Air (integrated Graphics only). However, pressing any brightness level button seems to reset this setting, i.e. pressing "brighter" does not increment from the brightness setting applied in the terminal, but from the "usual" minimum brightness that you achieve using the keyboard. Therefore increasing the brightness after applying this command results in a huge brightness increase.

              – king_julien
              Jul 28 '13 at 21:27






              1




              1





              Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh. This setting resets itself automatically every few minutes. So you got to reapply it over and over. In it's current format this is not a practical solution :( Running it as a script periodically seems overkill though. I hope there's a better way...

              – king_julien
              Jul 28 '13 at 22:04







              Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh. This setting resets itself automatically every few minutes. So you got to reapply it over and over. In it's current format this is not a practical solution :( Running it as a script periodically seems overkill though. I hope there's a better way...

              – king_julien
              Jul 28 '13 at 22:04















              @king_julien, check my answer (askubuntu.com/a/394400), at the provided link I tell about some settings that may avoid resets. I'm not suffering any reset of this setting at my macbook pro. I suspect the reset has to do with the boot parameters. Since I've changed them, I'm not suffering a "reset" after unlocking the machine.

              – pepper_chico
              Dec 26 '13 at 16:55







              @king_julien, check my answer (askubuntu.com/a/394400), at the provided link I tell about some settings that may avoid resets. I'm not suffering any reset of this setting at my macbook pro. I suspect the reset has to do with the boot parameters. Since I've changed them, I'm not suffering a "reset" after unlocking the machine.

              – pepper_chico
              Dec 26 '13 at 16:55






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              3





              Why divide by 6? On my machine I could reduce this value much more...

              – hoosierEE
              Feb 11 '14 at 17:46





              Why divide by 6? On my machine I could reduce this value much more...

              – hoosierEE
              Feb 11 '14 at 17:46




              1




              1





              sudo su -c "echo 2070 >/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness" is the key, the number can go as down as 0. I use 80 on pitch black rooms. On 14.04.

              – quimnuss
              Nov 25 '15 at 12:14







              sudo su -c "echo 2070 >/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness" is the key, the number can go as down as 0. I use 80 on pitch black rooms. On 14.04.

              – quimnuss
              Nov 25 '15 at 12:14















              13














              None of the answers here worked for me (on a Dell Precision 5510). The output from cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness for me was 1 and setting it any lower completely turned the screen off.



              I finally found a solution from the answer here:



              xrandr --output eDP1 --brightness .3


              I was also able to get this to work on my external monitor (attached via a display port dock), and reduce it below the minimum brightness allowed by the hardware controls on the monitor:



              xrandr --output DP1-1 --brightness .6


              Note that your display might not be eDP1 (or DP1-1), but you can list all available displays by hitting tab twice after --output, or from xrandr -q which shows which ones are currently connected. Tweak the value for brightness, i.e., .4, .5, etc until you find a level that works for you.






              share|improve this answer


























              • How do you make this change permanent?

                – Prakhar Agrawal
                Mar 27 '18 at 13:41
















              13














              None of the answers here worked for me (on a Dell Precision 5510). The output from cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness for me was 1 and setting it any lower completely turned the screen off.



              I finally found a solution from the answer here:



              xrandr --output eDP1 --brightness .3


              I was also able to get this to work on my external monitor (attached via a display port dock), and reduce it below the minimum brightness allowed by the hardware controls on the monitor:



              xrandr --output DP1-1 --brightness .6


              Note that your display might not be eDP1 (or DP1-1), but you can list all available displays by hitting tab twice after --output, or from xrandr -q which shows which ones are currently connected. Tweak the value for brightness, i.e., .4, .5, etc until you find a level that works for you.






              share|improve this answer


























              • How do you make this change permanent?

                – Prakhar Agrawal
                Mar 27 '18 at 13:41














              13












              13








              13







              None of the answers here worked for me (on a Dell Precision 5510). The output from cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness for me was 1 and setting it any lower completely turned the screen off.



              I finally found a solution from the answer here:



              xrandr --output eDP1 --brightness .3


              I was also able to get this to work on my external monitor (attached via a display port dock), and reduce it below the minimum brightness allowed by the hardware controls on the monitor:



              xrandr --output DP1-1 --brightness .6


              Note that your display might not be eDP1 (or DP1-1), but you can list all available displays by hitting tab twice after --output, or from xrandr -q which shows which ones are currently connected. Tweak the value for brightness, i.e., .4, .5, etc until you find a level that works for you.






              share|improve this answer















              None of the answers here worked for me (on a Dell Precision 5510). The output from cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness for me was 1 and setting it any lower completely turned the screen off.



              I finally found a solution from the answer here:



              xrandr --output eDP1 --brightness .3


              I was also able to get this to work on my external monitor (attached via a display port dock), and reduce it below the minimum brightness allowed by the hardware controls on the monitor:



              xrandr --output DP1-1 --brightness .6


              Note that your display might not be eDP1 (or DP1-1), but you can list all available displays by hitting tab twice after --output, or from xrandr -q which shows which ones are currently connected. Tweak the value for brightness, i.e., .4, .5, etc until you find a level that works for you.







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              • How do you make this change permanent?

                – Prakhar Agrawal
                Mar 27 '18 at 13:41



















              • How do you make this change permanent?

                – Prakhar Agrawal
                Mar 27 '18 at 13:41

















              How do you make this change permanent?

              – Prakhar Agrawal
              Mar 27 '18 at 13:41





              How do you make this change permanent?

              – Prakhar Agrawal
              Mar 27 '18 at 13:41











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              Try to override the min brightness manually with




              1. sudo nano /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness


              2. Change the value in this file to 0 (clear and type 0 if value is already 0).


              3. Press Ctrl + X to exit.


              4. Press Y and Enter to save the file.



              This works for me. You can also try sudo sh -c 'echo 0 > /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness'



              I am still looking for a more robust approach. Any help is appreciated.






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                It doesn't seem to recognise the folder/file. I'm on Ubuntu 11.10, if that makes any sense to you. Thanks for caring to answer, though.

                – Ruben Bakker
                Feb 20 '12 at 20:35






              • 2





                I tried doing suggested. However the brightness still remains the same. In my case it was already 0 . Although I cleared and reentered as suggested.

                – bubble
                Nov 22 '12 at 17:42











              • This file does not exists in 12.04.

                – king_julien
                Jul 28 '13 at 21:21











              • Different GPUs / hardware have it in different places

                – Suici Doga
                Jul 7 '16 at 6:34
















              3














              Try to override the min brightness manually with




              1. sudo nano /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness


              2. Change the value in this file to 0 (clear and type 0 if value is already 0).


              3. Press Ctrl + X to exit.


              4. Press Y and Enter to save the file.



              This works for me. You can also try sudo sh -c 'echo 0 > /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness'



              I am still looking for a more robust approach. Any help is appreciated.






              share|improve this answer





















              • 1





                It doesn't seem to recognise the folder/file. I'm on Ubuntu 11.10, if that makes any sense to you. Thanks for caring to answer, though.

                – Ruben Bakker
                Feb 20 '12 at 20:35






              • 2





                I tried doing suggested. However the brightness still remains the same. In my case it was already 0 . Although I cleared and reentered as suggested.

                – bubble
                Nov 22 '12 at 17:42











              • This file does not exists in 12.04.

                – king_julien
                Jul 28 '13 at 21:21











              • Different GPUs / hardware have it in different places

                – Suici Doga
                Jul 7 '16 at 6:34














              3












              3








              3







              Try to override the min brightness manually with




              1. sudo nano /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness


              2. Change the value in this file to 0 (clear and type 0 if value is already 0).


              3. Press Ctrl + X to exit.


              4. Press Y and Enter to save the file.



              This works for me. You can also try sudo sh -c 'echo 0 > /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness'



              I am still looking for a more robust approach. Any help is appreciated.






              share|improve this answer















              Try to override the min brightness manually with




              1. sudo nano /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness


              2. Change the value in this file to 0 (clear and type 0 if value is already 0).


              3. Press Ctrl + X to exit.


              4. Press Y and Enter to save the file.



              This works for me. You can also try sudo sh -c 'echo 0 > /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness'



              I am still looking for a more robust approach. Any help is appreciated.







              share|improve this answer














              share|improve this answer



              share|improve this answer








              edited Mar 12 '15 at 1:36









              David Foerster

              28.6k1367113




              28.6k1367113










              answered Feb 19 '12 at 8:07









              ArianArian

              311




              311








              • 1





                It doesn't seem to recognise the folder/file. I'm on Ubuntu 11.10, if that makes any sense to you. Thanks for caring to answer, though.

                – Ruben Bakker
                Feb 20 '12 at 20:35






              • 2





                I tried doing suggested. However the brightness still remains the same. In my case it was already 0 . Although I cleared and reentered as suggested.

                – bubble
                Nov 22 '12 at 17:42











              • This file does not exists in 12.04.

                – king_julien
                Jul 28 '13 at 21:21











              • Different GPUs / hardware have it in different places

                – Suici Doga
                Jul 7 '16 at 6:34














              • 1





                It doesn't seem to recognise the folder/file. I'm on Ubuntu 11.10, if that makes any sense to you. Thanks for caring to answer, though.

                – Ruben Bakker
                Feb 20 '12 at 20:35






              • 2





                I tried doing suggested. However the brightness still remains the same. In my case it was already 0 . Although I cleared and reentered as suggested.

                – bubble
                Nov 22 '12 at 17:42











              • This file does not exists in 12.04.

                – king_julien
                Jul 28 '13 at 21:21











              • Different GPUs / hardware have it in different places

                – Suici Doga
                Jul 7 '16 at 6:34








              1




              1





              It doesn't seem to recognise the folder/file. I'm on Ubuntu 11.10, if that makes any sense to you. Thanks for caring to answer, though.

              – Ruben Bakker
              Feb 20 '12 at 20:35





              It doesn't seem to recognise the folder/file. I'm on Ubuntu 11.10, if that makes any sense to you. Thanks for caring to answer, though.

              – Ruben Bakker
              Feb 20 '12 at 20:35




              2




              2





              I tried doing suggested. However the brightness still remains the same. In my case it was already 0 . Although I cleared and reentered as suggested.

              – bubble
              Nov 22 '12 at 17:42





              I tried doing suggested. However the brightness still remains the same. In my case it was already 0 . Although I cleared and reentered as suggested.

              – bubble
              Nov 22 '12 at 17:42













              This file does not exists in 12.04.

              – king_julien
              Jul 28 '13 at 21:21





              This file does not exists in 12.04.

              – king_julien
              Jul 28 '13 at 21:21













              Different GPUs / hardware have it in different places

              – Suici Doga
              Jul 7 '16 at 6:34





              Different GPUs / hardware have it in different places

              – Suici Doga
              Jul 7 '16 at 6:34











              2














              I'm not using Ubuntu but Debian, but sometimes (second screen plugin, gnome restart) the brightness drops to zero. So I've created an inotify enabled application (it consumes zero cputime while there is no change in brightness) and when there is the change and it is changed to zero (or lower some predefined level, which you can specify) it sets the brightness to some default level, which you can also specify.



              Please find it at my github page: https://github.com/nuccy/zero_brightness_fixer






              share|improve this answer






























                2














                I'm not using Ubuntu but Debian, but sometimes (second screen plugin, gnome restart) the brightness drops to zero. So I've created an inotify enabled application (it consumes zero cputime while there is no change in brightness) and when there is the change and it is changed to zero (or lower some predefined level, which you can specify) it sets the brightness to some default level, which you can also specify.



                Please find it at my github page: https://github.com/nuccy/zero_brightness_fixer






                share|improve this answer




























                  2












                  2








                  2







                  I'm not using Ubuntu but Debian, but sometimes (second screen plugin, gnome restart) the brightness drops to zero. So I've created an inotify enabled application (it consumes zero cputime while there is no change in brightness) and when there is the change and it is changed to zero (or lower some predefined level, which you can specify) it sets the brightness to some default level, which you can also specify.



                  Please find it at my github page: https://github.com/nuccy/zero_brightness_fixer






                  share|improve this answer















                  I'm not using Ubuntu but Debian, but sometimes (second screen plugin, gnome restart) the brightness drops to zero. So I've created an inotify enabled application (it consumes zero cputime while there is no change in brightness) and when there is the change and it is changed to zero (or lower some predefined level, which you can specify) it sets the brightness to some default level, which you can also specify.



                  Please find it at my github page: https://github.com/nuccy/zero_brightness_fixer







                  share|improve this answer














                  share|improve this answer



                  share|improve this answer








                  edited Jan 16 '18 at 12:34









                  Vitalii

                  32




                  32










                  answered Aug 7 '16 at 10:41









                  NuccyNuccy

                  211




                  211























                      1














                      This tool is a slider utility to set /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness:




                      • https://github.com/oblitum/backlight


                      Works for my intel based MacBook Pro.






                      share|improve this answer




























                        1














                        This tool is a slider utility to set /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness:




                        • https://github.com/oblitum/backlight


                        Works for my intel based MacBook Pro.






                        share|improve this answer


























                          1












                          1








                          1







                          This tool is a slider utility to set /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness:




                          • https://github.com/oblitum/backlight


                          Works for my intel based MacBook Pro.






                          share|improve this answer













                          This tool is a slider utility to set /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness:




                          • https://github.com/oblitum/backlight


                          Works for my intel based MacBook Pro.







                          share|improve this answer












                          share|improve this answer



                          share|improve this answer










                          answered Dec 22 '13 at 17:40









                          pepper_chicopepper_chico

                          95211125




                          95211125























                              0














                              Install xbacklight by typing the following in the terminal



                              sudo apt-get install xbacklight


                              then:



                              xbacklight -percentage


                              replace the word "percentage" with the number of your choice to decrease the backlight from 1 to 99. In contrast, you can also do:



                              xbacklight +percentage 


                              to increase the brightness by replacing the word "percentage" with a number between 1 and 100. For more information, run the following in the terminal:



                              xbacklight -help


                              I know that this is probably too late, but I hope it helps :)






                              share|improve this answer



















                              • 4





                                This does not decrease the backlight below minimum. When I'm already an the minium and just step -1, the display shuts off.

                                – king_julien
                                Jul 28 '13 at 21:18
















                              0














                              Install xbacklight by typing the following in the terminal



                              sudo apt-get install xbacklight


                              then:



                              xbacklight -percentage


                              replace the word "percentage" with the number of your choice to decrease the backlight from 1 to 99. In contrast, you can also do:



                              xbacklight +percentage 


                              to increase the brightness by replacing the word "percentage" with a number between 1 and 100. For more information, run the following in the terminal:



                              xbacklight -help


                              I know that this is probably too late, but I hope it helps :)






                              share|improve this answer



















                              • 4





                                This does not decrease the backlight below minimum. When I'm already an the minium and just step -1, the display shuts off.

                                – king_julien
                                Jul 28 '13 at 21:18














                              0












                              0








                              0







                              Install xbacklight by typing the following in the terminal



                              sudo apt-get install xbacklight


                              then:



                              xbacklight -percentage


                              replace the word "percentage" with the number of your choice to decrease the backlight from 1 to 99. In contrast, you can also do:



                              xbacklight +percentage 


                              to increase the brightness by replacing the word "percentage" with a number between 1 and 100. For more information, run the following in the terminal:



                              xbacklight -help


                              I know that this is probably too late, but I hope it helps :)






                              share|improve this answer













                              Install xbacklight by typing the following in the terminal



                              sudo apt-get install xbacklight


                              then:



                              xbacklight -percentage


                              replace the word "percentage" with the number of your choice to decrease the backlight from 1 to 99. In contrast, you can also do:



                              xbacklight +percentage 


                              to increase the brightness by replacing the word "percentage" with a number between 1 and 100. For more information, run the following in the terminal:



                              xbacklight -help


                              I know that this is probably too late, but I hope it helps :)







                              share|improve this answer












                              share|improve this answer



                              share|improve this answer










                              answered Apr 19 '13 at 11:18









                              FikraFikra

                              92




                              92








                              • 4





                                This does not decrease the backlight below minimum. When I'm already an the minium and just step -1, the display shuts off.

                                – king_julien
                                Jul 28 '13 at 21:18














                              • 4





                                This does not decrease the backlight below minimum. When I'm already an the minium and just step -1, the display shuts off.

                                – king_julien
                                Jul 28 '13 at 21:18








                              4




                              4





                              This does not decrease the backlight below minimum. When I'm already an the minium and just step -1, the display shuts off.

                              – king_julien
                              Jul 28 '13 at 21:18





                              This does not decrease the backlight below minimum. When I'm already an the minium and just step -1, the display shuts off.

                              – king_julien
                              Jul 28 '13 at 21:18











                              0














                              This app works for me for decreasing brightness well beyond the usual https://github.com/lordamit/Brightness






                              share|improve this answer
























                              • Looks interesting. Care to share your binary?

                                – TenLeftFingers
                                Dec 13 '15 at 23:52











                              • @TenLeftFingers sorry, dont have that machine now.

                                – user13107
                                Dec 14 '15 at 9:58
















                              0














                              This app works for me for decreasing brightness well beyond the usual https://github.com/lordamit/Brightness






                              share|improve this answer
























                              • Looks interesting. Care to share your binary?

                                – TenLeftFingers
                                Dec 13 '15 at 23:52











                              • @TenLeftFingers sorry, dont have that machine now.

                                – user13107
                                Dec 14 '15 at 9:58














                              0












                              0








                              0







                              This app works for me for decreasing brightness well beyond the usual https://github.com/lordamit/Brightness






                              share|improve this answer













                              This app works for me for decreasing brightness well beyond the usual https://github.com/lordamit/Brightness







                              share|improve this answer












                              share|improve this answer



                              share|improve this answer










                              answered Sep 6 '13 at 4:56









                              user13107user13107

                              413723




                              413723













                              • Looks interesting. Care to share your binary?

                                – TenLeftFingers
                                Dec 13 '15 at 23:52











                              • @TenLeftFingers sorry, dont have that machine now.

                                – user13107
                                Dec 14 '15 at 9:58



















                              • Looks interesting. Care to share your binary?

                                – TenLeftFingers
                                Dec 13 '15 at 23:52











                              • @TenLeftFingers sorry, dont have that machine now.

                                – user13107
                                Dec 14 '15 at 9:58

















                              Looks interesting. Care to share your binary?

                              – TenLeftFingers
                              Dec 13 '15 at 23:52





                              Looks interesting. Care to share your binary?

                              – TenLeftFingers
                              Dec 13 '15 at 23:52













                              @TenLeftFingers sorry, dont have that machine now.

                              – user13107
                              Dec 14 '15 at 9:58





                              @TenLeftFingers sorry, dont have that machine now.

                              – user13107
                              Dec 14 '15 at 9:58


















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